Imagine that this was posted yesterday, cause that's when i wrote most of it!
Happy Thanksgiving to all you Canadians! I hope you all have a wonderful day!
This morning I spent two hours helping with the preschool classes, along with another volunteer (which is something i do every day). Near the end of the first group of little students, some of them were given oversized stacking nails in a foamy mat with holes. some of the little boys started stacking them up, seeing how tall they could make them. then they took them out of their holes, and for a little bit some of them engaged in a little, un-dangerous 'sword fight' :-) I make no claim to understand the way boys work, but it is my understanding that boys were created to be warriors; no one needed to teach them. The important thing is for them to learn to chanel that warrior blood and direct it in positive directions!
Later, the next group of young students was working on writing their letters. some days it seems futile to even try to get them to do their work, as their minds are set against it, but today the three that i was working with were doing very well! One of the students, a little girl, was sitting beside me and as she worked, she would squeeze my arm gently and ask me in her sweet little voice to 'gade' and see what she was doing. When i would smile and congratulate her on her work, her face would light up and her beautiful brown eyes would sparkle. One of the others, a little boy, sat across from me, and as he worked, he would look to me for direction or confirmation. when he was doing a good job and got his letters correct, his face would split into a wide smile. :-D it's moments like those that make it all seem worth it!
If things aren't going well, often all it takes is an innocent smile and a hug from a child to renew the purpose and passion of serving God in this place!
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